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Carolina Aiex 

Carolina Aiex is a photographer and video artist living and working in Santos, Brazil. Her intellectual journey has been marked by unexpected turns—she studied both Physics and Literature before fully embracing her path as an artist. Part scientist and part poet, she weaves her diverse background into a practice that bridges logic and lyricism. Since 2024, Carolina has dedicated herself professionally to art, exploring photography and, more recently, video as mediums that deepen the meaning of her projects. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and New York, reflecting her growing presence in both Brazilian and international art scenes. Constantly drawn to the dialogue between technique and emotion, Carolina creates works that reflect the fragility, mystery, and complexity of human perception.

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My practice moves between photography and video, guided by an interest in time, memory, and the unconscious. I see my work as a poetic reflection on the inner processes of the mind—how thoughts emerge, how memories linger, and how the present moment slips into something more elusive. As a teenager, I was diagnosed with depression, an experience that led me to search for understanding through both science and art. Over time, creating became both a therapeutic outlet and a way to investigate the questions that dwell in me. Art allows me not only to express my emotions but also to contemplate their origins—the silent mechanics of perception and memory. In my photographic series, I explore nostalgia through images that resonate with emotional memories. Light, movement, color, and blur become tools to simulate the way we experience moments, half-remembered and half-felt. I treat the camera as a kind of cognitive simulator, one that echoes our inner processes of recall and imagination. My video works extend this inquiry into the perception of time itself. They attempt to capture the immediacy of the present while also gesturing toward what lies beyond—the dream, the unconscious, and the symbolic threads that connect individual and collective experience. By recording daily life and engaging with universal symbols, I investigate how memory and imagination shape our sense of reality. Underlying all of this is a question that guides me: is what exists only in the mind any less real than what unfolds before our eyes?

My influences span from philosophy—René Descartes’ inquiries into perception and doubt—to the poetic cinema of Abbas Kiarostami and Jean-Luc Godard. Through their example, I have learned to create spaces where thought and feeling intertwine. In my work, I seek to offer not answers but experiences: fragments of time, memory, and imagination that invite reflection and resonance.

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